For the Glory of it All!

"Oh the Glory of it all is:
he came here
for the rescue of us all
that we may live
for the glory of it all

oh he is here
for redemption from the fall
that we may live
for the glory of it all
oh the glory of it all
the glory of it all
oh the glory of it all"

Brandon started the night of "Music and Missions" with this song, "For the Glory of it All" by Dave Crowder.  It is for His glory that we met together for this night of worship.  It is also for His glory that we are asking people to support our call.  Here are the three ways that you can support us...

Ways that YOU can partner with us…

1.  Prayer Support- Sign up to receive our newsletters so that you can know how to specifically pray.

2.  Community Support- Feel free to send birthday cards, notes, emails, etc to encourage our family as we are far from home.

3.  Fund-Raising Support- Find out more about how you can be a part of fulfilling our financial needs through monthly or one-time gifts.

    I added a section on the top left of the blog that should take you directly to the "Giving" page on the World Team website.  There are also some simple instructions on how to fill out the form.  I have had several people say that they could not find where to go and how to give, so hopefully this will make it easier for you.  I welcome any feedback on if this helps.  Finally, Brandon and I wanted to thank John Finley, pastor at Bartlett Hills Baptist Church, Steve McPherson and the missions committee at BHBC for giving us this opportunity and supporting us through it, Leslie Tisdale and Linda Reed for helping us get all the copies of our information sheets.  It was way more complicated than it looked!  We are so thankful for this opportunity and look forward to how God is going to continue to work through it!

August 2011 Newsletter...             It's hard to believe, but a new school year has begun and what we tend to call "summer" has come and gone. God is doing some neat things regarding our pursuit of the mission field and we wanted to keep you up to date so that you may rejoice with us and continue to pray for His guidance and provision. Current Progress Things are progressing slower than we'd like but we know that God's timing is perfect and that He loves to create circumstances that will bring Him the most glory! And so we rejoice in faith that He's doing just that in our case as well. (If you want to read more about my thoughts on this, check out my blog post entitled, "Obstacles, or Opportunities?") Our current monthly support is around 8% of what we'll need and our outgoing/moving costs sits at around 1%. This does not include the many of you that have verbally expressed to us your desire to partner with us but have not yet given that information to World Team. We are so thankful for the verbal support and encouragement we have receieved from you week by week and we will be glad to help you in this process if you're not sure how to begin. Find out more about our progress by clicking here. What's up ahead? Watch the caller ID... It's our desire to connect with each of you soon to share our heart and to hear yours as well. Michelle and I (or possibly some of our close friends and family that make up our accountability team) hope to speak to each of you over the phone over the next several weeks. Please feel free to voice any questions or concerns that you may have and let us know what God's doing in each of your lives as well! We look forward to speaking with you! We are excited ... for the opportunity to share during the Sunday Night service at Bartlett Hills Baptist Church this Sunday, the 28th, at 5:30 P.M. It will be our first chance to share with many of you in person about our call to France. I'll also have a couple of video to share and they even talked me into singing some that night. Following the service we'll be available to answer any of your questions. We are thankful We want to again express our gratitude for each of you! We value your input and are desparate for your prayers. Please let us know if there's anything we can do for you as well. Friend on Facebook Forward to a Friend Micah, Asher, and Karis Please join us! at 5:30 Sunday night, August 28th for Music and Missions! I'll be singing and sharing about God's call to plant churches in France. We hope to see you there! Want to find out more about World Team? Check out World Team’s Statement of faith at http://www.worldteam.org/ about?page_id=52 or Check out a 2010 recap video of World Team’s missions at our blog: www.michelleburch.blogspot.com

Until next time! Brandon & Michelle Burch P.S. You can also check out our blog: www.michelleburch.blogspot.com or World Team’s website: www.worldteam.org. We'd also love to hear from you and share more about what God has placed on our heart. Feel free to call or simply reply to this email. Thanks!